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Neighbouring Community Bands

Mondays:

• Burlington Concert Band Burlington, ON
• Cambridge Concert Band Cambridge, ON
• East York Concert Band East York, ON
• Markham Concert Band Markham, ON
• North Toronto Community Band Young & Lawrence, Toronto, ON
• Resa's Pieces York Mills Rd, Toronto, ON

Tuesdays:

• Barrie Concert Band, Barrie, ON
• Festival Wind Orchestra North York, ON
• Galt Kiltie Band Cambridge, ON
• Oakville Wind Orchestra Oakville, ON
• Pickering Concert Band Pickering, ON
• New in 2007! Silverthorn Symphonic Winds Thornhill, ON
• Thornhill Community Band Vaughn, ON

Wednesdays:

• Burlington Top Hat Marching Orchestra Burlington, ON
• Caledon Concert Band Caledon East, ON
• It's BACK! Chinguacousy Concert Band Brampton, ON
• Etobicoke Community Concert Band Etobicoke, ON
• Hamilton Concert Band Hamilton, ON
• Mississauga Pops Concert Band (that's us!) Mississauga, ON
• Peel Police Chief's Ceremonial Band, Brampton, ON
• Scarborough Community Concert Band Scarborough, ON

Thursdays:

• Argonotes:Toronto Argonauts Band North York, Toronto, ON
• Brampton Concert Band Brampton, ON
• NEW in 2007! Milton Concert Band Milton, ON
• North York Concert Band North York, ON
• NEW in 2007! Orangeville Community Band Orangeville, ON

Sundays:

• Guelph Concert Band Guelph, ON
• Northdale Concert Band North York, ON

Canadian Band Association:

• CBA

Music Jokes

• Mississauga Pops Music Jokes Page - our own page of music jokes ... we specialize in concert band humour
• Spence's Music Jokes -" A huge collection of music jokes, and they are nicely organized by category. " .../Lauren
• Second Hand* - Takes about 10 minutes and requires a QuickTime plug-in. It's a hoot ..err ..toot! Suggested by Ian and Mary. If offline, try the Youtube one

Woodwinds, General

• The Woodwind Fingering Guide -"A super site with comprehensive fingering charts for flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon and more. Includes many alternate fingerings, trills, and tremolos." .../Lauren

Brass, General

• Robert King Music Sales - Printed music for brass specialists. "Another great source for music" .../ Mary

Flutes/Piccolo

• Flutenet - Yahoo Group -"E-group of flutists worldwide. Warning: heavy email traffic! Opt for "digest" instead of individual e-mails, or browse postings onsite. Members include famous pros." .../Lauren
• Flute World - flutes-only store (USA or online) for instruments, accesssories, printed music, and recordings
• Larry Krantz's flute pages - comprehensive site with articles and links. Canadian site.
• Jennifer Cluff - This Candian pro flutist and teacher just keeps on giving! Lots of information and even an online radio show. ../Lauren

Clarinet

• International Clarinet Association - Joining ICA (annual fee) allows access to a lending library of over 6000 clarinet scores. Mailing lists, publications, and more. Suggested by Jerry.
• Woodwind.org Clarinet Pages - Personal help by email, chat, classified, articles, large database of compositions, lots of resources here. Suggested by Jerry.
• Selmer's Clarinet Corner - Clarinet discussion board. Suggested by Jerry.

Saxophone

• The International Saxophone Home Page - "Lots of links. Includes history of Selmer saxophones" .../Margo
• Classic Saxophone On-Line - "History of the saxophone, on-line chat, newletters, links, etc. ".../Margo
• North American Sax Alliance (NASA) - Includes search of discussion archives
• SaxShed.Com -"Help and information on playing and practicing the saxophone." .../Margo
• Selmer - "Information on new lines of saxophones plus serial number history; find out the year your horn was made and other particulars. ".../Margo

Trumpet

• Wynton Marsalis Telling the Truth - ... and spoken like a true trumpet player! Suggested by Jon

Trombone

• Online Trombone Journal - "It is amazing the amount of passion and dedication attached to nine feet of tubing." .../David

Tuba/Baritone/Euphonium

• Tuba-Euphonium Press - "A good source of tuba music ... I have ordered from them and received stuff quickly." .../Mary